Fort Delaware
Union Prison located on Pea Patch Island in the Delaware River near Delaware City, Delaware. Housed Confederate prisoners of war and political prisoners.
Bibliography
Fort Delaware (Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing, 2010).
Citation
Fort Delaware. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32200410 (November 12, 2026).
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